General Analysis
Pengo is a puzzle maze game. This genre is based on controlling a character in order to solve a puzzle. The types of puzzles can test many problem-solving skills including logic, pattern recognition, sequence solving, spatial recognition, and word completion. There are similar games to Pengo, for example, Amidar (1981), Mr. Do! (1982) or Three Wonders (1991). The game was commercialised with Tv Ads, magazines, posters...
Pengo counts with a cpu which is an 8-bit microprocessor, Zilog Z80. Besides that, the display of the game is 224 x 288 in vertical using 50 or 60 frames per second.
This are the releases of the game in different platforms and years.
This game was created originally by Coreland and published by Sega in 1982. Pengo was the second game in arcade game history to feature animated interlude. Only one official sequel to Pengo, named Pepenga Pengo was authorized. This sequel was created by Atari in 1995, and its release was restricted to Japan. Two updated versions of the original, including a 3D version of Pengo were released in the 2000’s.
Coreland now goes by the name Banpresto. Because this arcade classic was received well by audiences, Sega ported the game to the Commodore 64, Atari 2600 and other home gaming systems. Around the time that Sega began to get into the hand-held gaming system market, the company decided to include Pengo as a featured title. Bandai Electronics was responsible for the manufacturing of all hand-held consoles that featured Pengo.
The theme music to Pengo was written by Gershon Kingsley. Up’n Down, another video game published by Sega in the early 1980s also makes use of the Pengo character. Players that performed exceptionally well were able to catch a brief glimpse of Pengo after the first few boards.
A handful of Pengo clones also came out in the early 1980s, but none of them became as popular as the original title. Pengo can be played with either one or two players.